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From: "Emily V., Care2 Action Alerts" <[log in to unmask]>
To: Mag Raine <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:07 AM
Subject: Close Loophole that Allowed Severely Disabled Woman's Rapist to Walk Free
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Connecticut's State Supreme Court let a man who raped a non-verbal, effectively paralyzed girl with cerebral palsy walk free. State leaders need to close the loophole that let him off.
You Don't Have to Kick and Scream to Say "NO"
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Dear Mag,
No matter what right-wing crazies say, I think rape is pretty cut-and-dry. If you don't say "yes," your partner doesn't get to do anything, period. Apparently I'm at odds with Connecticut's State Supreme Court, which overturned the conviction of a man who raped a girl with cerebral palsy because she didn't "effectively communicate" NO.
According to the Court, the only way to "effectively" say you don't want to have sex with someone is by "biting, kicking, scratching, screeching, groaning of gesturing." Did it matter to the Court that the victim, because she suffers from cerebral palsy, has the mental capability of a 3-year-old, no verbal communication ability and movement restricted to her right index finger? Not. One. Iota.
It's unbelievable that the Court would blow a hole through rape laws so big that a man who raped someone with a mental disability could walk free. I don't want one more person who sexually assaults someone with a disability to get away with it because some old guys in robes think the only way to say no is with fanfare.
Tell Connecticut Gov. Dan Molloy and the legislature to close the State Supreme Court's loophole and protect rape victims.
Thank you for taking action,
Emily V.
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